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what we hear from obama he gives the greatest of peaches, he empowers alternative energy but he doesn't turn down the literal flames on oils. we still have dirty, to your point polluted energy while we explore alternative energy. no, you need to redouble your efforts on alternative energy and turn down and modify all of those dirty fuels. >> cenk: we'll leave it right there. when we come back, it's funny we have a theme here. you talk about how democrats won the elections in 2012 etc. it doesn't matter, the republicans are on the rise, and they're resurgent. texas and ohio passing unbelievable abortion bills. wait until you hear the details of the ohio one. unfortunately as usual it is sick. but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think there is any chance we'll ever hear the president even say the word "carbon tax"? >> with an opened mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned great leadership so i want to talk about donald r
what we hear from obama he gives the greatest of peaches, he empowers alternative energy but he doesn't turn down the literal flames on oils. we still have dirty, to your point polluted energy while we explore alternative energy. no, you need to redouble your efforts on alternative energy and turn down and modify all of those dirty fuels. >> cenk: we'll leave it right there. when we come back, it's funny we have a theme here. you talk about how democrats won the elections in 2012 etc. it...
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it wasn't political. but it appears that obama backed off his specific proposals and is going with a bipartisan group that the bipartisan group obviously did that to head off the president to give some credit to the republicans but then why did the democrats play along with that? >> it looks like reviewing a scooby doo. they did this and they did this and they did this. it's framework. it's not legislation. it's not a bill. they got together and discussed things. then you see this outlier of marco rubio. everyone is trying to stake their ground right now where they want to be in immigration. the president is saying if you don't pass anything, you're going to get me. it's the president that we haven't seen other than as a campaigner. >> cenk: paul, what do you think? is this going to work? are republicans going to get an advantage here or be able to neutralize the advantage that democrats have with the latinos by jumping ahead of the president. >> that's been built up not only the course of weeks or months
it wasn't political. but it appears that obama backed off his specific proposals and is going with a bipartisan group that the bipartisan group obviously did that to head off the president to give some credit to the republicans but then why did the democrats play along with that? >> it looks like reviewing a scooby doo. they did this and they did this and they did this. it's framework. it's not legislation. it's not a bill. they got together and discussed things. then you see this outlier...
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obama coming out to talk about climate change, it's only the weather than he will that's going to air the entire thing, because they understand that there's a direct link to danger and public safety and needing to in form people that claims change is affecting our lives. >> my point being we don't want to consume the information we don't have access to it. cenk: when you look at the polls, the polls do indicate that americans do care about claims change and do want to do something. they're usually in the 60% to 70% range. you can ask the question 100 different ways, but most polls say yes, we believe there's claims change, it's man made and we should do something about it. now, the problem isn't that. the problem is our democracy is gone. it's gone. it's vanished. as we saw in gun control, you can have over 90% and say i want background checks, and instead, it's going to say suck it, i don't care. i don't care what you think about gun control, i don't care what you think about climate change, i don't represent you i represent upon mobile, i represent the koch brothers, i represent who
obama coming out to talk about climate change, it's only the weather than he will that's going to air the entire thing, because they understand that there's a direct link to danger and public safety and needing to in form people that claims change is affecting our lives. >> my point being we don't want to consume the information we don't have access to it. cenk: when you look at the polls, the polls do indicate that americans do care about claims change and do want to do something....
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. >> cenk: and people say obama made the right political calculation here. this is the one thing that the republicans back him on, right? they hate him for everything else including how he wears his pants, how he eats his burgers literally. but on this, you want to violate the fourth amendment, spying on every american, we're with you. he thinks, i got nothing to lose, who cares. >> i disagree with that. you now have republicans switching their support in terms of the surveillance during the bush administration they were very much in favor of the surveillance. they were supportive of it, now you have conservative pundits going out in the media saying, can you believe what obama is doing to our fourth amendment rights. part of it has to do with partisan politics, and obama will never get the support of the republicans. we've known that from the very beginning, and it's curious that obama has never understand that. >> cenk: it's like 80-20. 80% of americans are in favor of spying but suddenly hannity and o'reilly has seen the light. >> there is the rabbit. it'
. >> cenk: and people say obama made the right political calculation here. this is the one thing that the republicans back him on, right? they hate him for everything else including how he wears his pants, how he eats his burgers literally. but on this, you want to violate the fourth amendment, spying on every american, we're with you. he thinks, i got nothing to lose, who cares. >> i disagree with that. you now have republicans switching their support in terms of the surveillance...
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capital, president obama pushing hard to negotiate on this bill. when they didn't use that political capital it's not going to get done. you already said it's going to be a ceremony yell vote most likely on the assault weapons ban. forty isn't enough to get an amendment attached. it's not going to happen. does it mean they can't get anything else done? i don't know about that. there's other places political capital can be spent. cenk: so that's a great question. i've heard for the last 10 years democrats have the dryest powder in american history. they never use it, so this great reporting on your part that they didn't use their political capital speaks volumes. when in the world are they going to use it? >> i want to make a point about hoarding capital. it was karl rove who said essentially that you can't hoard political capital you spend it or lose it. when you look at the assault weapons ban which in the polls has strong majority support the point here is that you can actually gain political capital by seriously forcing votes vote after vote aft
capital, president obama pushing hard to negotiate on this bill. when they didn't use that political capital it's not going to get done. you already said it's going to be a ceremony yell vote most likely on the assault weapons ban. forty isn't enough to get an amendment attached. it's not going to happen. does it mean they can't get anything else done? i don't know about that. there's other places political capital can be spent. cenk: so that's a great question. i've heard for the last 10 years...
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, but they have zero political power. they're not focused. they don't make demands. they're not an activist group that say take us seriously and don't have the money to back it up. that's an enormous difference. giglio he's fighting against sex slavery, et cetera. >> very important work in that reward. some say this happened 15 years ago. is it fair to say this is the guy we draw the line on? >> other prominent speaker had evolved. had he evolved i think people would have given him a pass. he demonstrated that he hasn't evolved. you mentioned things he wrote in his withdrawing from the inauguration statement. there was some, you know, certain like dog whistling about not being aevolved at all. i will most certainly pray for him on inauguration day. our nation is divided. >> cenk: let me give the audience one last quote from giglio. this is from the mid-1990's: >> cenk: well, if he wanted to move aggressively toward that community, and they move aggressively back, that's sad day. it's constantly one way attack. it used to
, but they have zero political power. they're not focused. they don't make demands. they're not an activist group that say take us seriously and don't have the money to back it up. that's an enormous difference. giglio he's fighting against sex slavery, et cetera. >> very important work in that reward. some say this happened 15 years ago. is it fair to say this is the guy we draw the line on? >> other prominent speaker had evolved. had he evolved i think people would have given him...
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obama was using kids to make a political point, and by the way the nra was using the obama kids. there is no equivalence of attacking the first family children and inviting children to the white house for a ceremony. it goes back to the question of desperation that you mentioned. >> thank you we appreciate it, and before we leave this, i want to make two quick notes. it's true sidwell where the obama kids go to school, they have 11 armed schools. so do 23,000 other public schools across the country have guards. it's not elitist it depends on the policy of which direction you go in the school, and now the nra is saying that the janitors should be armed. you know, the only thing that stops a bad janitor with a gun is a good janitor with a gun. now when we come back the government targeted aaron swartz for simple violation for a term of service with a private company. he wound up committing suicide. we'll hear from a lot of folks including some well-known lawyers. >> i know this case was weighing heavily on his mind, and it was a significant source of stress. >> yes he stole informa
obama was using kids to make a political point, and by the way the nra was using the obama kids. there is no equivalence of attacking the first family children and inviting children to the white house for a ceremony. it goes back to the question of desperation that you mentioned. >> thank you we appreciate it, and before we leave this, i want to make two quick notes. it's true sidwell where the obama kids go to school, they have 11 armed schools. so do 23,000 other public schools across...
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obama was using kids to make a political point, and by the way the nra was using the obama kids. there is no equivalence of attacking the first family children and inviting children to the white house for a ceremony. it goes back to the question of desperation that you mentioned. >> thank you, we appreciate it, and before we leave this, i want to make two quick notes. it's true sidwell where the obama kids go to school, they have 11 armed schools. so do 23,000 other public schools across the country have guards. it's not elitist it depends on the policy of which direction you go in the school, and now the nra is saying that the janitors should be armed. you know, the only thing that stops a bad janitor with a gun is a good janitor with a gun. now when we come back the government targeted aaron swartz for simple violation for a term of service with a private company. he wound up committing suicide. we'll hear from a lot of folks including some well-known lawyers. >> i know this case was weighing heavily on his mind, and it was a significant source of stress. >> yes he stole inform
obama was using kids to make a political point, and by the way the nra was using the obama kids. there is no equivalence of attacking the first family children and inviting children to the white house for a ceremony. it goes back to the question of desperation that you mentioned. >> thank you, we appreciate it, and before we leave this, i want to make two quick notes. it's true sidwell where the obama kids go to school, they have 11 armed schools. so do 23,000 other public schools across...
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becomes a moment in political calculation, and that makes my blood boil. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections tuberculosis lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and dis
becomes a moment in political calculation, and that makes my blood boil. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. but when joint pain and...
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because of his political differences. woodward is a defense guy tried and true. cenk: he's such a great microcosm of the media in washington. he went to a spokesperson for the establishment. that right there in a nutshell is exactly what happened to the washington media. i want to get to the end here. woodward writes back, and says. cenk: does that sound like a guy who was threatened. >> no. i ran into woodward once at the the green room of this show and the first thing he said to me ok, can we talk off the record. i said ok. and then it was amazing what he did share because he does hold owl these guys' secrets. he knows all the dirt about these people, too which is always a balance of power dealing with him. he's like a j. edgar hoover type. there are people who are waiting for him to die so they can dish stuff on him that they are holding now. people are deferential to woodward. the obama people, sent out this tweet being nasty and he's not used to not being bowed down to. that's my theory. cenk: fascinating. all right.
because of his political differences. woodward is a defense guy tried and true. cenk: he's such a great microcosm of the media in washington. he went to a spokesperson for the establishment. that right there in a nutshell is exactly what happened to the washington media. i want to get to the end here. woodward writes back, and says. cenk: does that sound like a guy who was threatened. >> no. i ran into woodward once at the the green room of this show and the first thing he said to me ok,...
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it's crazy if i'm their political opposition, oh, you guys look so stupid. but obama hates risk. oh, my god what will the markets do if we shut down the government. what do you want. >> whether it's clinton or obama, the american people have never liked if the government gets shut down. >> cenk: oh, the american people won't like it. i'm so scared. okay, republicans, what do you need. >> or they'll blame toomey and their cohorts. it's a game. this is real politics. >> cenk: i'm the only host in america who says on a consistent basis i really hope i'm wrong. they have a crazy idea. >> the economists have floated the idea, the 3 trillion-dollar coin. what it means, the federal reserve, the treasury doesn't have the right to print money. the federal reserve has the right to print money. however the treasury and tim geithner can mint a coin. they can walk over to the federal reserve, deposit in the federal reserve and then all of our debts would be erased. any economics 101 would say that is not the way to run the government. you would have crazy inflation in this case is what is cra
it's crazy if i'm their political opposition, oh, you guys look so stupid. but obama hates risk. oh, my god what will the markets do if we shut down the government. what do you want. >> whether it's clinton or obama, the american people have never liked if the government gets shut down. >> cenk: oh, the american people won't like it. i'm so scared. okay, republicans, what do you need. >> or they'll blame toomey and their cohorts. it's a game. this is real politics. >>...
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i talked to him about current day politics and what he thought about president obama and the middle east. that part of the conversation is what we want to show you no you. >> america did not in invent human rights. in a very real sense it's the other way around, human rights invented america. ours was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded explicitly on such an idea. our social and political progress has been based on one fundamental principle the value and importance of the individual. cenk: you were considered conservative with that the democratic party back then. >> i was considered conservative as far as fiscal affairs were concerned, but i kept our country as peace for one of the few times in recent history. we reached out and found peace for others. we promoted human rights, and i would say that we kept our country secure new people now talk about peace through war which is of course greatly ironic. but you had peace through peace not just by keeping the country at peace, but you got a peace deal in the middle east. all of these people tried through war, you did
i talked to him about current day politics and what he thought about president obama and the middle east. that part of the conversation is what we want to show you no you. >> america did not in invent human rights. in a very real sense it's the other way around, human rights invented america. ours was the first nation in the history of the world to be founded explicitly on such an idea. our social and political progress has been based on one fundamental principle the value and importance...
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>> i mean, the interesting thing is michelle obama actually has been out in a political context a little bit more recently. we've seen her over the past few days this is her third fundraiser in the last few days. she's putting herself out there more than she has in the past, facing more hecklers than she has in the past. the interesting thing, when you look at the environment that the president was in and the one she was in. she was in a private home, so it's a little bit different than when you're giving a speech or facing a large crowd. she was actually in a small home fundraiser. that may have shaped the dynamic. this is a print pool report, so we don't have a sense because we weren't physically in the room to see what that dynamic was like. >> cenk: i've been in a lot of those rooms and i've had people shout out questions or comments, and i moderated only a billion panels or so when this happened. i think it's okay to say look, i hear you, and i'll address it so you don't have to keep shouting. if at that point they keep shouting, hey live i want to address it, but you're not letting
>> i mean, the interesting thing is michelle obama actually has been out in a political context a little bit more recently. we've seen her over the past few days this is her third fundraiser in the last few days. she's putting herself out there more than she has in the past, facing more hecklers than she has in the past. the interesting thing, when you look at the environment that the president was in and the one she was in. she was in a private home, so it's a little bit different than...
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that's called tricky and perhaps dirty politics. to give you a sense of it p president obama cleaned romney's clock when it comes to electoral votes. now maybe we should just go with the popular vote which i this is fairer and president obama's margin of victor of popular column is larger than the popular vote over all. but if you did the republican plan, even though president obama won the popular vote by 5 million and currently won over by 120 votes in the electoral college. in the republican fan the republican candidate would woo have been. is this so controversy that even some republicans are saying, well it seems a little embarrassing. here is pat mullin in virginia who said changing the electoral college rules in vow is not at all on my list of priorities. people get mad when you try to subvert democracy and have someone who did not win the popular vote become the president, not that that would ever happen in a presidential election or anything. but reince priebus thinks, hmm we can't seem to win elections otherwise. all of a
that's called tricky and perhaps dirty politics. to give you a sense of it p president obama cleaned romney's clock when it comes to electoral votes. now maybe we should just go with the popular vote which i this is fairer and president obama's margin of victor of popular column is larger than the popular vote over all. but if you did the republican plan, even though president obama won the popular vote by 5 million and currently won over by 120 votes in the electoral college. in the republican...
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. >> president obama was facing significant political pressure at home from republicans and democrats. >> russia has stabbed us in the back. >> russian officials from put tin on down have said repeatedly that they didn't think the snowden situation should affect the u.s.-russian relationships. but american officials thought otherwise. >> obama had to be more confident that there was going to be some really deliverable substantive reasons to meet. >> the invitation is still on the table. >> i think that the russians stab us, it's usually from the front. i take issue with what chuck schumer said there. congressman, do you think the president should have canceled this meeting? >> i think they're both better off. they reward it as an unpleasant social obligation and they can spent time elsewhere doing real work instead of getting together for a coffee clutch. it's hard to think of any summit that has resulted in anything important other than perhaps the ulta. nothing would happen if they did get together, nothing is going to happen, nothing would have happened, it simply did not matter. t
. >> president obama was facing significant political pressure at home from republicans and democrats. >> russia has stabbed us in the back. >> russian officials from put tin on down have said repeatedly that they didn't think the snowden situation should affect the u.s.-russian relationships. but american officials thought otherwise. >> obama had to be more confident that there was going to be some really deliverable substantive reasons to meet. >> the invitation...
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that's when she gets so much free media, and does going against the corrupt banks work politically? of course, but people don't want to jeopardize their money, right? but it's definitely possible. >> there's this crazy narrative that the tea party was formed to right obama. no it was formed because of the way the banked screwed us over. so she could get that action going if she plays it right. >> this is hottest versus electricable. you saw who else is on the list. president obama, he cannot be reelected. it's more about who you like. chris christie being a viable candidate, right now it's because people keep hearing about him. everyone doesn't know policy that closely. nobody knows what elizabeth warrant has done or wants to do or has been stopped from doing, but everyone in our bubble thinks people are catching on, but it's just name recognition. >> i know. and like i said in the beginning, you can't tell what the hell is going to happen three years from now, but at least she is brought into the conversation, and that could be a game changer. any other random politician is not a g
that's when she gets so much free media, and does going against the corrupt banks work politically? of course, but people don't want to jeopardize their money, right? but it's definitely possible. >> there's this crazy narrative that the tea party was formed to right obama. no it was formed because of the way the banked screwed us over. so she could get that action going if she plays it right. >> this is hottest versus electricable. you saw who else is on the list. president obama,...
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doesn't feel a need or are creating a justification not to go into those states and use your political capital to pressure those senators. >> it's harry reid not behaving like a senator, behaving like a congressman, representing the people of southern and northern nevada. there's a huge drives. this would be a huge mar on his record if he stands in the way of any kind of ban. >> agreed. you want to see president obama go to those states and say we want an assault weapons ban and a universal background check and i want this fight. >> cenk: if they can't get an assault weapons banned -- they're not going to get one passed. if they can't limit the number of bullets in a magazine, they're total and utter failures. that has not happened yet. >> who you are talking about? >> cenk: the democraties. we know the republicans are -- you know what they are and they're going to be against this, et cetera. this was a fun segment. epic and uprising in one segment. we have yet another important saying we're burning up, we're in massive trouble on the climate cliff. that's the real cliff right? and top
doesn't feel a need or are creating a justification not to go into those states and use your political capital to pressure those senators. >> it's harry reid not behaving like a senator, behaving like a congressman, representing the people of southern and northern nevada. there's a huge drives. this would be a huge mar on his record if he stands in the way of any kind of ban. >> agreed. you want to see president obama go to those states and say we want an assault weapons ban and a...
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that's how politics works. it's unfortunate that obama instead of strengthen social security by lifting the payroll cap is actually hurting it in adding basically a tax on seniors. cenk: republican ryan has a clip i want to read to you. president obama said chain c.p.i. was the number one thing he wanted. now paul ryan says: in other words, i don't care, not a big deal not enough. number one isn't this horrible negotiation strategy, give them what they want and they immediately turn around and go great, i already have it, now i want more, more, more, more. >> it's also an interesting political dynamic here in that yes, this is -- how many times have we seen this? we've seen it over and over again through the budget negotiations we've seen it through the debt ceiling where president obama is moving in their direction and it's still never enough. it's never going to be enough. interestingly here to beth's point, you have a potential strategy here where president obama is demonstrating yet again another object les
that's how politics works. it's unfortunate that obama instead of strengthen social security by lifting the payroll cap is actually hurting it in adding basically a tax on seniors. cenk: republican ryan has a clip i want to read to you. president obama said chain c.p.i. was the number one thing he wanted. now paul ryan says: in other words, i don't care, not a big deal not enough. number one isn't this horrible negotiation strategy, give them what they want and they immediately turn around and...
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president obama doesn't want to say the truth and the reason is politics. >> cenk: yeah, it's ironic that you would bring up politics. now look if some parts of bill o'reilly are right, of course. there are groups of extremists in the country who do terrorism all the time. they're christian right fund edgists egging on people like bill o'reilly. do you remember how many times he called a doctor, baby killer and then somebody shot him calling him a baby killer. that's the kind of extremism he eggs on all the time. now of course when it's somebody that's muslim, he says, i know it, it's all the muslims fault. chris moody has been on before with us, and all of these good folks are. linda, a prosecutor and private trial attorney and you know she represented spector and helen mirren played her on television, and then michael shure here on current television. let me ask you, is there value in fanagling this as islamic extremism. >> i also represented the kids in new jersey. whenever you start with racial profiling, you have a problem because yes there is a person that we have we're looking
president obama doesn't want to say the truth and the reason is politics. >> cenk: yeah, it's ironic that you would bring up politics. now look if some parts of bill o'reilly are right, of course. there are groups of extremists in the country who do terrorism all the time. they're christian right fund edgists egging on people like bill o'reilly. do you remember how many times he called a doctor, baby killer and then somebody shot him calling him a baby killer. that's the kind of extremism...
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. >> obama: a 25-year veteran of the c.i.a. he knows what the job demands. policies with the facts strong analytic inflexion and keen understanding. he has a strong position on the history, the culture the politics, the economics the desire for human dignity drive something much in the changes of today's world. >> well, i've got a much bigger issue with john brennan as a nominee. i want to talk to one of the top security expert. zbigniew brzezinski former u.s. natural security adviser to jimmy carter, thank you for joining us first of all we really appreciate it. >> glad to be with you cenk. >> cenk: now, i want to ask you about hagel first, we'll get to brennan second. on the issue of hagel what's the real beef that the republicans have with hagel? what is their real concern with him? >> i think he's very independent-minded, very independent, and i don't think they like that. secondly he broke ranks over the iraq war which he rightly described as a horrible error a massive strategic mistake and something that did not serve american interests. they didn't li
. >> obama: a 25-year veteran of the c.i.a. he knows what the job demands. policies with the facts strong analytic inflexion and keen understanding. he has a strong position on the history, the culture the politics, the economics the desire for human dignity drive something much in the changes of today's world. >> well, i've got a much bigger issue with john brennan as a nominee. i want to talk to one of the top security expert. zbigniew brzezinski former u.s. natural security...
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i think it's the politically safer course of action. it doesn't make it seem like the war in libya was a mistake that it unleashed all these things, and it doesn't put pressure on the obama administration to act. they would vastly refer-- >> my reaction would be if we were attacked in the middle of an occupation, that's not necessarily surprising. >> cenk: i think glenn's right. that's the safe route and obama always takes the safer route. oh, it wasn't terrorism. they think get it out first. no one will hear the retraction, and that's the usual play. the republicans are wait, no, no no, we're going to make a stink on this. what should happen? so now mike huckabee is on the show talking about impeachment. of course, of course. what is the reality? we apparently tend to agree that they went in the wrong direction in that first weekend? >> we're going to get ambassadors killed. that's the arrangement of it. there's no 100% security. there's not even 50% security in a place where there are a hundred tax already that year. if they're going
i think it's the politically safer course of action. it doesn't make it seem like the war in libya was a mistake that it unleashed all these things, and it doesn't put pressure on the obama administration to act. they would vastly refer-- >> my reaction would be if we were attacked in the middle of an occupation, that's not necessarily surprising. >> cenk: i think glenn's right. that's the safe route and obama always takes the safer route. oh, it wasn't terrorism. they think get it...
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look, you were a prosecutor, he was actually part of the political branch, and he's saying obama's even further right wing than bush, which colonel wilkerson objected to. i want to show you a clip where he talks about brennan. >> i think we ought to have a really, really hard discussion about what he represents and what he because he represents it will probably take to the director ship of the c.i.a. you can't get through the brennamans, the clappers, the hillary clinton's you can't get through the bob gates and leon panettas and penetrate that bubble and say do you understand what you're doing both to american civil liberties and rest of the world's appreciation with america with these increased drone strikes that seem to have an endless visit at a for future. >> that brings up a bunch of questions. first, do you think president obama is in that bubble that colonel wilkerson is talking about? >> it seems to be. i can tell you, i was extraordinary disappointed. i campaigned for president obama and voted for him again this time, because he was the lesser of the two evils it seemed. with
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i will have evolved completely on barack obama if he cuts social security. at the same time as i was a little bit wary about with what he was doing i sort of saw in it as well potential like i said before political brilliance, do you see that at all. he'll put the republicans in a corner and they'll never support what he's offering? >> there is this argument that he can make republicans look worse than they already look all the time. or alternatetively that he can give congressional democrats a chance to stand up and be defenders of social security and say no, this is the line that we're drawing even against our own president. which could conceivably put them in a position of strength in 2014. that said it's an awfully dicey maneuver if that's what he intends. >> michael: yes, you said it best. you said it felt like a face palm but i felt it it was the first salvo of the 2014 elections. look at what your congress had a chance to do but didn't do. all they want to do is make sure that millionaires don't get their taxes cuts. there is an interesting piece that
i will have evolved completely on barack obama if he cuts social security. at the same time as i was a little bit wary about with what he was doing i sort of saw in it as well potential like i said before political brilliance, do you see that at all. he'll put the republicans in a corner and they'll never support what he's offering? >> there is this argument that he can make republicans look worse than they already look all the time. or alternatetively that he can give congressional...
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>> that's where the politics comes back. all senators up for 2014, the politics is sometimes so much more powerful, it makes you think of term limits. you see how the president is going hard at some issues when he doesn't have to run again it would be nice to see some of these senators do the same thing. >> lawmakers in illinois are trying to pass same-sex marriage but the catholic church doesn't want to have anything to do with it. >> we're here because we want to make sure that this goes through this year. >> it's not fair and we deserve fairness and we deserve equality in this state. analysis. the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. the natural energy of peanuts and delicious, soft caramel. to fill you up and keep you moving, whatever your moves. payday. fill up and go! >> welcome back to the "young turks." anna and chicago with you. lawmakers in illinois were set to vote on same-sex marriage but the session ended before they could do so. we have a reported on the martyr that ex
>> that's where the politics comes back. all senators up for 2014, the politics is sometimes so much more powerful, it makes you think of term limits. you see how the president is going hard at some issues when he doesn't have to run again it would be nice to see some of these senators do the same thing. >> lawmakers in illinois are trying to pass same-sex marriage but the catholic church doesn't want to have anything to do with it. >> we're here because we want to make sure...
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you can see it's not some sort of governmental conspiracy led by the obama administration. to me, the much larger issue is why isn't the i.r.s. looking into some of these 501c3's and seeing if they're really charitable organizations for they're spending the majority of their money on politics. isn't that a perfectly legitimate question? >> again, this is a compliance issue. they only have to maintain a portion of their activities charity versus political. 501c4 is explicitly political. it obscures the fact that we were targeting conservative groups here. your guest suggested that why we should have some heads roll and that would probably have made the scandals go away, at least reduced its significance doing congressional hearings. why didn't that happen? why did we remove an acting commissioner that's going to leave in two weeks. a series of congressman are going to berate her. >> you just answered your own question. she is going to be berated by the congress. there's going to be a whole lot of heat, not very much light. while we're discussing all this and about what was g
you can see it's not some sort of governmental conspiracy led by the obama administration. to me, the much larger issue is why isn't the i.r.s. looking into some of these 501c3's and seeing if they're really charitable organizations for they're spending the majority of their money on politics. isn't that a perfectly legitimate question? >> again, this is a compliance issue. they only have to maintain a portion of their activities charity versus political. 501c4 is explicitly political. it...
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is that politically incorrect to say? roland, what's your take on that? >> , um, no, they don't have much credibility these days. of course, we tried everything, president obama has really tried to get with the mexican president and tried to support the efforts but frankly it hasn't gone anywhere, so yeah, credibility left a long time ago. >> i'm just going to say i definitely agree with roland on that, but this is the perfect woman to try to do something like this because she seems so innocent. >> cenk: i didn't see it coming. >> i'm just saying it's possible. we'll get to the bottom of this but witnesses say they saw her get on the bus with a purse and a blanket. >> a blanket where you would hide 12 pounds of marijuana or whatever it was. >> it's possible. just playing devil's advocate. >> cenk: by the way the husband i should said say the cops came up to me and said $5,000 can resolve all of this. >> they should have gone to colorado. >> cenk: then it would be perfectly legal. we're all bringing that on the bus to colorado. is this an open and shut cas
is that politically incorrect to say? roland, what's your take on that? >> , um, no, they don't have much credibility these days. of course, we tried everything, president obama has really tried to get with the mexican president and tried to support the efforts but frankly it hasn't gone anywhere, so yeah, credibility left a long time ago. >> i'm just going to say i definitely agree with roland on that, but this is the perfect woman to try to do something like this because she seems...
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this is what obama wants i think, get republicans and democrats on the record, on this position and let the voters decide whether that's the right place to be. >> cenk: meanwhile markos, bloomberg is on the counterattack. jesse jackson jr.'s seat is up, and bloomberg ran this ad. >> gun violence is out of control. debby halverson will make it worse. she opposes a ban on deadly assault weapons. no wonder halverson received an a-plus rating by the nra. >> cenk: they ran this against her and she lost. >> they were involved in the race early in the year. it was not just debby halverson a former congresswoman but two front runners in a case of 16 candidates, two people who were the credible candidates both have a-ratings. thanks to our help and help at credo and other progressive organizations she was able to win convincingly and win on this issue. it's showing that democratic voters and organizations and donors and grassroots activists are active aggravated activated on this issue and people were engaged like you would never believe. it hit home. it's visceral. if we can get people riled up
this is what obama wants i think, get republicans and democrats on the record, on this position and let the voters decide whether that's the right place to be. >> cenk: meanwhile markos, bloomberg is on the counterattack. jesse jackson jr.'s seat is up, and bloomberg ran this ad. >> gun violence is out of control. debby halverson will make it worse. she opposes a ban on deadly assault weapons. no wonder halverson received an a-plus rating by the nra. >> cenk: they ran this...
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they cannot shut obama down. they can shut the government down but the funds will still be there. >> let's hope so, i i don't think anyone has seen in our life sometime such an obstructionist political system. i firmly believe there is not one thing that the president can do to change that. what he's proposing in terms of infrastructure investment and getting the middle class back to work. that's why i voted for him. that's why i campaigned for him, that's what i would like to see him do. i would like to see everyone stay on board because i think it's good economics. i'm sick of bad politics touching good economics, it's been happening too much, and i for one i'm sick of it. >> question saw it yesterday when we saw the it go through. we didn't see it work any away because we knew the republicans would be in direct opposition. every time they do it they have to change their reason. looking for the hashtags, real jobs, real jobs. but the problem is they don't wanting to through with anything that will work. all the
they cannot shut obama down. they can shut the government down but the funds will still be there. >> let's hope so, i i don't think anyone has seen in our life sometime such an obstructionist political system. i firmly believe there is not one thing that the president can do to change that. what he's proposing in terms of infrastructure investment and getting the middle class back to work. that's why i voted for him. that's why i campaigned for him, that's what i would like to see him do....
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carter talking about something in africa and obama agreeing. when it came to bush, bush was being bush. >> in 41 it is awesome that you are here today. awesome. >> awesome. >> cenk: he's such a goof ball. he reminds me of will ferrell every single time. you know who is here, two people who worked during the bush administration. lindsay moran, her book is called "globe my cover my life as a c.i.a. spy." obviously partly in the bush administration, and colonel morris davis, professor of school of law now. thank you for being here. colonel davis george bush's legacy. what do we take away from it? >> it's kind of like that picture you see depending on how you look at it, it's either an ugly old has or beautiful young woman. it depends on your perspective. on fox they were praising bush for his incredible efforts in claiming he kept the country free from attack, overlooking '9, and then the critics say he's evil incarnate. i think you see what you want to see. you know, at least from my perspective, if you look back at his administration, for the pe
carter talking about something in africa and obama agreeing. when it came to bush, bush was being bush. >> in 41 it is awesome that you are here today. awesome. >> awesome. >> cenk: he's such a goof ball. he reminds me of will ferrell every single time. you know who is here, two people who worked during the bush administration. lindsay moran, her book is called "globe my cover my life as a c.i.a. spy." obviously partly in the bush administration, and colonel morris...
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president obama has never ever learned that lesson. let's go to the n.s.a. director here keith alexander. i want to show you what he said last week in congress first. >> it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. cenk: so, he's saying there don't worry about the spying program, we have prevented dozens. it's an interesting word he uses there, and he did add a thoroughly. this week, all of a sudden the numbers seem to have gone up significantly. >> these programs together with other intelligence have protected the u.s. and our allies from terrorist threats across the globe to prevent the potential terrorists events over 50 times since 9/11. cenk: so now all of a sudden it's up to 50. it reminds me of john lovitz in the old snl scheme, it was dozens 50, next week it will be 200. i don't believe him. if you believe the director of the n.s.a., you're not paying attention to his job title. >> didn't we just experience a bombing? what if our n.s.a. intelligence shows that was going to happen. >> didn't we see flat out the head of national inte
president obama has never ever learned that lesson. let's go to the n.s.a. director here keith alexander. i want to show you what he said last week in congress first. >> it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. cenk: so, he's saying there don't worry about the spying program, we have prevented dozens. it's an interesting word he uses there, and he did add a thoroughly. this week, all of a sudden the numbers seem to have gone up significantly. >> these programs...
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that means he'll have to push back against the corporations who are making donations to both political parties and she'll have to bush push back against the white house she'll have to push back to a president who has not historically not has not been stood up to. >> cenk: president obama does not have a good record in his first term. obviously we're all hoping that he turns it around. i appreciate your expertise mark, michael shure, thank you both. >> thank you. >> cenk: when we come back we have a tragedy of ptsd. one of our troops winds up killing two others in a firing range. you might have heard about this. but the consequence of ptsd, we'll have a veteran here to talk about that. that is a fascinating topic that you might not have heard enough about. >> my brother just came by here. he told me that he committed a murder. he said he killed two guys. they went out to a shooting range. he's all crazy. he's psychotic. i want the people who watch our show, to be able to come away armed with the facts, and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data
that means he'll have to push back against the corporations who are making donations to both political parties and she'll have to bush push back against the white house she'll have to push back to a president who has not historically not has not been stood up to. >> cenk: president obama does not have a good record in his first term. obviously we're all hoping that he turns it around. i appreciate your expertise mark, michael shure, thank you both. >> thank you. >> cenk: when...
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but to the broader discussion of the obama administration may be doing things that are politically motivated. targeting groups that are politically motivated. i don't think that that's farfetched. one thing i draw parallel to is the occupy moment, and obama members went to open group and demanded twitter and over private information of their twitter users involved in the open movement. i don't know whether or not the irs is going to do something politically movement: that's why i'm hoping there is a thorough investigation to figure out whether or not this is the case, but bringing attention to this story is definitely justified. >> with the way he's speaking about it. this is an outrageous things. they came out and said we're going get deep into this. the president obama--the problem is you can't guarantee it. marco rubio was asking for the resignation of the commissioner already. to make it a link to president to say no matter what you guys say this is what is going to happen. >> it's a big rallying point for discussion from the right but there is more and more stuff to run from if you're t
but to the broader discussion of the obama administration may be doing things that are politically motivated. targeting groups that are politically motivated. i don't think that that's farfetched. one thing i draw parallel to is the occupy moment, and obama members went to open group and demanded twitter and over private information of their twitter users involved in the open movement. i don't know whether or not the irs is going to do something politically movement: that's why i'm hoping there...
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this is political. please don't waste our time, of course it's two friends catching up. we welcome tommy to our panel. how jealous and bitter is joe biden, and is this a favor that obama is doing to hillary clinton for being secretary of state, missed first term, listen, i'll give you a nice photo-op. >> at the risk i don't want to be drummed out of the white house press. it's josh earnest, he's not a new spokesperson, he's been there for a long time. >> cenk: thank you for the correction, but that dude needs more on-air time. >> yeah, he's lou gehrig. my read i is that the president relies on him a lot to negotiate with congress, so there is nothing to stop joe biden from being hillary clinton's vice president. but i'm sure that 2016 came up during lunch, which by the way, what is pasta jambalaya, is that a thing? >> cenk: luckily, i don't care. but i do like the idea of joe biden being vice president again. 16 years of joe biden vice president would be amazing. and i like the idea you introduce there as a lame duck vice president. oh, i can't take biden seriously if he
this is political. please don't waste our time, of course it's two friends catching up. we welcome tommy to our panel. how jealous and bitter is joe biden, and is this a favor that obama is doing to hillary clinton for being secretary of state, missed first term, listen, i'll give you a nice photo-op. >> at the risk i don't want to be drummed out of the white house press. it's josh earnest, he's not a new spokesperson, he's been there for a long time. >> cenk: thank you for the...
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is a political football in washington that many can't wait to get their hands on. try to unpack the results concerning it. >> what really gave this story juice was not only the audit on the report from the the irs but they told their stories and showed letters that the irs sent to them, and they basically gave us more information about what the irs wanted from them, and a lot of people determined democrats and republicans alike that it wasn't intrusive. now if you want to compare apples to apples here, i think democrats should look to try to find progressive groups who can tell those similar stories. if they're out there, they will come to washington and shows us those pictures that ask intrusive questions. we just haven't seen it yet. it doesn't appear that the scrutiny on the liberal groups was nearly as much as on the conservative groups. it's just not that they were flagging them, but also that they're probing in a way that people on both sides of the aisle feel inappropriate. if it did happen to progressive groups let's see it and let's hear their stories. >>
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. >> those people are friended by the idea that gays could be married are going to take it out on obama. >> what are we doing? we claim there is a problem with a lack of sufficient oil and we're exporting more oil, feeding the speculators. >> the condition of the political dialogue in the country, especially in the republican party, as i was saying, drives all these candidates towards positions that some of them you just have to believe know that these positions are absurd. >> we're selling about 24 to 28 guns a day, normally six to eight. the hot seller is right here. cenk: you are a dangerous person, larry. you get people killed on a daily basis. >> you can call self defense vigilanteism if you wish. >> i became an american citizen because i didn't want to be a hypocrite criticizing this country. cenk: you really think you can smear the movement for what people outside -- really? >> i'm being too fair, because fair is playing by the same rules, fair. >> i was just inches away from death, you know, at that time, and i wouldn't wish that on anybody. cenk: so there's a lot i want to disc
. >> those people are friended by the idea that gays could be married are going to take it out on obama. >> what are we doing? we claim there is a problem with a lack of sufficient oil and we're exporting more oil, feeding the speculators. >> the condition of the political dialogue in the country, especially in the republican party, as i was saying, drives all these candidates towards positions that some of them you just have to believe know that these positions are absurd....
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now obama has democrats saying well rights are slightly optional. not the majority, 48-43 say i would rather have my constitutional rights. i'm encouraged by that. but now the republicans flip. is that ironic in that the republicans are leading the way yeah yeah, constitution, it's not just the second amendment? >> they're always citing constitution for all sorts of things to criticize president obama. on this what you said originally was right. it's because the person in charge of the government is this president. and they don't like this president and there is a general distrust any way among the republicans, and that is it one of the underlying ideologies for the conservatives. to me it's not that surprising. but let me tell you the libertarian piece to this is the most intriguing to me. the last time i was on the show i was talking about going out on the campaign trail with ron paul. these are the issues, these civil liberty issues, the sense of being spied upon or the government going after it's own citizens in the name of terror. those are the
now obama has democrats saying well rights are slightly optional. not the majority, 48-43 say i would rather have my constitutional rights. i'm encouraged by that. but now the republicans flip. is that ironic in that the republicans are leading the way yeah yeah, constitution, it's not just the second amendment? >> they're always citing constitution for all sorts of things to criticize president obama. on this what you said originally was right. it's because the person in charge of the...
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like obama is going to snap his fingers and wave his magic wand. by the way what's up with republicans and obsess with their magic wants. cenk: can i do bush? i wish a -- magic wand. who would guess? but i don't have the magic wand. >> apparently, he's using it to grant amnesty to everyone, all of a sudden. cenk: even if you put a pathway to citizenship it takes a decade. the president can't say you're all now american citizens. if he could do that, why wouldn't he do that term if it means permanent democratic victories, like what michelle obama said. >> was it this difficult for people to come through ellis island? i love the saying. why is it impossible for us to figure out how to welcome people to our shores when it's something we've always done. human beings are not indigenous to north america. all of us came by some sort of way. i feel this is almost unamerican to kind of insinuate that we should not have good and expedient immigration practices because that is what's made our nation so rich throughout its history. cenk: its funny that you use
like obama is going to snap his fingers and wave his magic wand. by the way what's up with republicans and obsess with their magic wants. cenk: can i do bush? i wish a -- magic wand. who would guess? but i don't have the magic wand. >> apparently, he's using it to grant amnesty to everyone, all of a sudden. cenk: even if you put a pathway to citizenship it takes a decade. the president can't say you're all now american citizens. if he could do that, why wouldn't he do that term if it...
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but joe, this is about politics is it not? >> how many ways can you say yes? the phrase that keeps coming to my mind is -- is pin -- pin the blame on the donkey. pick one. hillary clinton or barack obama two democrats -- they want to find some way to say that this was their fault, but the problem is, we're not really hearing anything coming out of the hearing that is new in way of connecting the fact that the white house or the state department failed here. certainly chris stephens and the other three who died that night, a tragedy beyond proportions, something the american people are going to find out why it hand, figure out how to keep it from happening again. but on the hill we're hearing a conspiracy that doesn't really exist about a situation that did exist and we could be looking at twice prevent it. >> but joe, you have to understand why we feel this strongly. you say it's a great tragedy, but i'm not sure the president understands that. you know where he was on the night he should have been speaking to the american people about this? he was in vegas do
but joe, this is about politics is it not? >> how many ways can you say yes? the phrase that keeps coming to my mind is -- is pin -- pin the blame on the donkey. pick one. hillary clinton or barack obama two democrats -- they want to find some way to say that this was their fault, but the problem is, we're not really hearing anything coming out of the hearing that is new in way of connecting the fact that the white house or the state department failed here. certainly chris stephens and...
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they traveled to washington aboard air force one as guests of president obama. cenk: all right. that's a strong move, and one i can get behind. now, let's bring it back and a guy who was an epic political correspondent and now an epic host of the war room, michael shure. michael, great to talk to you again. >> great to talk to you cenk. cenk: an epic host now. >> all right we'll talk it. cenk: all right. so michael it looks like all of a sudden we've got a fight on our hands and for a while might even give up on background checks and pass almost nothing nothing but a figure leaf, basically. but now with bloomberg's money president obama bringing the newtown families, biden fighting back, et cetera. it looks like they might get a vote on background checks. >> i think they're going to get the vote on thursday. harry reid's not going to tell you he's going to have a vote unless he knows there's going to be a vote. more on that in a second. the most important thing we learned today is nine republican senators have signed on to say we're not going to filibuster. we don't want to go d
they traveled to washington aboard air force one as guests of president obama. cenk: all right. that's a strong move, and one i can get behind. now, let's bring it back and a guy who was an epic political correspondent and now an epic host of the war room, michael shure. michael, great to talk to you again. >> great to talk to you cenk. cenk: an epic host now. >> all right we'll talk it. cenk: all right. so michael it looks like all of a sudden we've got a fight on our hands and for...
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but many of them were doing it just for political reasons. and obama inherited that legal architecture. many of those democrats have become silent. so now what you see in the senate is that it takes someone like rand paul, it takes someone like a ted cruz to criticize the president on executive power. >> cenk: yeah, i mean, we're left with mr. holmes to stand up for the constitution. sad day in america. i have a technical question here. rand paul is doing the filibuster. the other seven senators who have joined in a sense in the conversation are not technically doing a filibuster. they just happen to be helping him pass the time. is that roughly right? >> yeah, that's roughly right. i think that this is rand paul, and he's yielding the floor to them without giving up his full rights. so someone like marco rubio didn't fully join in. he didn't even say what the president was doing was problematic. surely harry reid did not join in on the filibuster when he tried to interrupt it. this is unusual, and the last time there was a talking filibuster
but many of them were doing it just for political reasons. and obama inherited that legal architecture. many of those democrats have become silent. so now what you see in the senate is that it takes someone like rand paul, it takes someone like a ted cruz to criticize the president on executive power. >> cenk: yeah, i mean, we're left with mr. holmes to stand up for the constitution. sad day in america. i have a technical question here. rand paul is doing the filibuster. the other seven...
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. >> cenk, that is exactly the thing that i find the most confusing about obama. here's a guy who during the election, he can run the new kind of campaign, exist in the new politics, he can get the dirty story told and also be the orator and be clean clean as a whistle up top. so he can do it all during the campaign, and then he wins the presidency. then to get it done, to push through legislation that has this kind of overwhelming popular support, he can't get it done. it's crazy to me. cenk: it's a matter of priorities mark, i'm telling you. it's the top priority for him to win, for himself personally, right? but the background check i think is a bit of an exception. i think he really did want that for his so-called legacy, as weak as i thought it was. everything else, you want me to water it down, keep 94 of the bush tax cuts and make them permanent? as long as i can take down 6% and call it historic tax increase on the rich, i'll take it. financial reform, i don't really want to do financial reform. if i just do incredibly watered down financial reform, i'll b
. >> cenk, that is exactly the thing that i find the most confusing about obama. here's a guy who during the election, he can run the new kind of campaign, exist in the new politics, he can get the dirty story told and also be the orator and be clean clean as a whistle up top. so he can do it all during the campaign, and then he wins the presidency. then to get it done, to push through legislation that has this kind of overwhelming popular support, he can't get it done. it's crazy to me....
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and if you're now an obama supporter saying oh, no, no, my beloved obama will never do anything wrong. first of all, you're a partisan hack and you should stop it. how is that for clear? second of all wait until you get a republican president. then what is your nonbeloved republican president going to do to maybe you and people you know? you want to give that kind of power just because your beloved obama signed off on it? ridiculous. all right. now, a lot of people have gotten the memo. george orwell's book, "1984", dramatic increase in sales. 7,000% increase, in fact. then our politicians though did not get it. with the exception of rand paul, ron paul, merkley who is a democrat and a couple of others like ron wyden who is a democrat too. fascinating alliances. lindsey graham, first guy to hand over -- said please give away all of your constitutional rights. he says look, for example in world war ii, the mentality of the public was that our whole way of life was at risk, we're all in. we censored the mail. when you wrote a letter overseas, it got censored. if i thought censoring the
and if you're now an obama supporter saying oh, no, no, my beloved obama will never do anything wrong. first of all, you're a partisan hack and you should stop it. how is that for clear? second of all wait until you get a republican president. then what is your nonbeloved republican president going to do to maybe you and people you know? you want to give that kind of power just because your beloved obama signed off on it? ridiculous. all right. now, a lot of people have gotten the memo. george...
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obama: the press has been reporting. the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobbledygook of our politics here. cenk: let's see how that's working out for him. conservatives have this whole cpac convention in washington right now. are they looking to get along with the president? let's see if they're in a reaching out mood. >> first the republican party needs to be a conservative party with no apologies. second, it must recruit candidates who are not only principle's conservatives, but articulate, as well. if we don't have candidates who can communicate these principles well, we're going to lose election after election. third, we must embrace the changing demographics of america, not by diluting our principles, but by reaching out to all americans. if there are those in the republican party who cannot subscribe to the principles, let them go their way. >> we should reach out to everybody, but if you don't agree with what i say get! are you s
obama: the press has been reporting. the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobbledygook of our politics here. cenk: let's see how that's working out for him. conservatives have this whole cpac convention in washington right now. are they looking to get along with the president? let's see if they're in a reaching out mood. >> first the republican party needs to be a conservative party with no apologies....
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>> maybe just before he leaves office but there's too much politics at play. one for the reason you mentioned, obama doesn't want a real fight over it and we have a money driven system. the only reason we came close to a gun criminal vote is because bloomberg dropped money on ads and advocacy. no one's running ads no special interest group pushing this issue. if folks were following it were really outraged, but there's no special interest group for these folks who are locked up and being force-fed through a tube in their nose. cenk: it's almost as if money controls our politics. one to grow on. everybody is coming back. we're going to talk about elizabeth colbert busch. we'll talk about it when we return. guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the
>> maybe just before he leaves office but there's too much politics at play. one for the reason you mentioned, obama doesn't want a real fight over it and we have a money driven system. the only reason we came close to a gun criminal vote is because bloomberg dropped money on ads and advocacy. no one's running ads no special interest group pushing this issue. if folks were following it were really outraged, but there's no special interest group for these folks who are locked up and being...
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obama never called this an act of terror. obama watched people die on live feed and didn't send help. hillary clinton fakessed her concussion during bengahzi, but come on, this isn't politics or a charade. >> cenk: it's the boy who cried wolf. they make up every stupid conspiracy theory, on and on. i think they're right about this. i think the administration sent susan rice out there to say no it's not a big deal on the sunday truck shows. how do we know? now we're hearing a different things. >> this is what susan rice couldn't say, and we live in a world that she couldn't say. i don't think what she said was too far off. they didn't know then. it would have been refreshing i wish we lived in a world where they would say, it's just a couple of days old. we don't know what happened. we might know in ten days or a month. obviously, and what's is clear they want to get at this was a massive security failure. >> and the authorities said that. this is not news. again, let's have a little context of bush and reagan did this, but th
obama never called this an act of terror. obama watched people die on live feed and didn't send help. hillary clinton fakessed her concussion during bengahzi, but come on, this isn't politics or a charade. >> cenk: it's the boy who cried wolf. they make up every stupid conspiracy theory, on and on. i think they're right about this. i think the administration sent susan rice out there to say no it's not a big deal on the sunday truck shows. how do we know? now we're hearing a different...
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the person who sent the poisoned letters to president obama and the two senators has been arrested. "new york times" reporting this, cbs, cnn is also reporting it, so you never know. no, to be fair, he really has been arrested. apparently it's a guy from mississippi, and that might explain why he sent it to roger wicker, who is from mississippi. he's just been arrested. it doesn't mean he has been convicted. we'll find out through our justice system whether it really is him or not. i've got the panel here. i've got shana and hermela aregawi, jayar jackson. we're going to talk about the dumbest congressman in america louie ghomert. i've been saying this for a long time, and every time he comes back and proves me right. he's talking about boston bombing. >> we owe it to the immigrants who came in legally to make sure they're safe as well. we know that al-qaeda has camps with the drug cartel on the other side of the mexican border. we know people have been trained to act like they're hispanic when they're radical islamists. we know this is happening and it's insane not to protect yours
the person who sent the poisoned letters to president obama and the two senators has been arrested. "new york times" reporting this, cbs, cnn is also reporting it, so you never know. no, to be fair, he really has been arrested. apparently it's a guy from mississippi, and that might explain why he sent it to roger wicker, who is from mississippi. he's just been arrested. it doesn't mean he has been convicted. we'll find out through our justice system whether it really is him or not....
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he's here to talk obama, cinema, how you can help finance his film so do the right thing. that's catchy. i should write that down. dr. rezas a -- aslan, author is here and we'll talk religion and politics and he'll ask why a comedian should be allowed to review a religious scholar. >> dr. sanjay gupta switches gears on the healing powers of cannabis. tonight's f bomb will deal with that if i can remember the words. to
he's here to talk obama, cinema, how you can help finance his film so do the right thing. that's catchy. i should write that down. dr. rezas a -- aslan, author is here and we'll talk religion and politics and he'll ask why a comedian should be allowed to review a religious scholar. >> dr. sanjay gupta switches gears on the healing powers of cannabis. tonight's f bomb will deal with that if i can remember the words. to
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as a person covering the politics of this, what is president obama doing wrong? he seems to be doing the right things, saying in his state of the union and using the bully pulpit to fight for gun control going to colorado and connecticut where the massacres happen and yet still can't win on an issue that he has 91% support on. what is he doing wrong politically that we can't get over the hump? >> i think, you know, that part of the problem was probably what we talked about before, mostly the failure of the senate. i think that's a lot of what the problem is coming from the democrats, they're having trouble rallying, getting over that hump in their own party of those hesitant to touch this issue is one of the main problems. cenk: that's the last thing to note on this. instead of going to colorado and connecticut, i don't blame him for it. i'm glad he's doing that, i would go to the states of those democratic accept tories ready to vote against it and say well i'm coming to your state and talking about how 91% of the people are against you. that's what president ob
as a person covering the politics of this, what is president obama doing wrong? he seems to be doing the right things, saying in his state of the union and using the bully pulpit to fight for gun control going to colorado and connecticut where the massacres happen and yet still can't win on an issue that he has 91% support on. what is he doing wrong politically that we can't get over the hump? >> i think, you know, that part of the problem was probably what we talked about before, mostly...